ملنا

Arabic

Verb

مِلْنَا • (milnā) (form I) /mil.naː/

  1. first-person plural past active/passive of مَالَ (māla)

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Punjabi ਮਿਲਿ (mili), from Apabhramsa 𑖦𑖰𑖩𑖂 (milaï), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀮𑀇 (milaï), from Sanskrit मिलति (milati).[1]

    Verb

    مِلْݨا (milṇā) (Gurmukhi ਮਿਲਣਾ)(intransitive)[2]

    1. to meet
    2. to unite, join

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “miláti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 583
    2. ^ شیراز ،طاہِر [Tahir, Shiraz] (2016), “مِلناں”, in شِیرازُ الْلُّغات: پوٹھوہارِی لُغَت [Pothohari Dictionary] (in Urdu), Peshawar: گَنْدھارا ہِنْدْکو اَکَیڈَمِی (gandhārā hindko akaiḍamī) [Gandhara Hindko Academy], →ISBN, page 539, column 2.

    Urdu

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀮𑀤𑀺 (miladi), from Sanskrit मिलति (milati).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    مِلْنا • (milnā) (Hindi spelling मिलना)

    1. to be found
    2. to be joined
    3. to meet, encounter, mingle
    4. to match, seem alike
    5. to blend, mix

    Etymology 2

    From Sanskrit मृद्नाति (mṛdnāti).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    مَلْنا • (malnā) (Hindi spelling मलना)

    1. to rub, massage, press

    References

    • ملنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • ملنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.